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twisting

/ˈtwɪstɪŋ/ noun C2
  1. The disreputable practice of selling unnecessary insurance to a customer in order to earn commission. (uncountable)

Plural twistings

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So they set to work in one of the big yellow rooms of the castle and worked for three days and four nights, hammering and twisting and bending and soldering and polishing and pounding at the legs and body and head of the Tin Woodman, until at last he was straightened out into his old form, and his joints worked as well as ever.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 92 · B2
Holmes sat for some little time twisting this letter between his fingers, and frowning, as he stared into the fire.
The Valley of Fear, p. 5 · C1
It was a little narrow, twisting path, winding down over a long hill straight through Mr.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 107 · C1
They found him stretched out on a warm ledge in the afternoon sun, admiring his beautiful new coat, for he had been in retirement for the last ten days changing his skin, and now he was very splendid--darting his big blunt-nosed head along the ground, and twisting the thirty feet of his body into fantastic knots and curves, and licking his lips as he thought of his dinner to come.
The Jungle Book, p. 42 · B2

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